# trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor

Power management, monitoring and VirtualSMC plugin for AMD processors

Repository: https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/smcamdprocessor
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: amd, amd-processor, virtualsmc, temperature, hackintosh, systemmonitor
Last push: 2024-09-16T10:31:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2385, "days_push": 716, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1127, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:41.539376+00:00)

## What it is
A pair of macOS kernel extensions for AMD Zen processors providing CPU power management and sensor monitoring (temperature, energy, frequency), plus a VirtualSMC plugin to expose readings to apps like iStat. It includes AMD Power Gadget for visualization and supports PState editing and manual speed switching.

## Use cases
- monitor AMD Ryzen CPU temperature on a Hackintosh
- enable power management for AMD processors in macOS
- display AMD CPU sensor data in iStat via VirtualSMC
- edit CPU PStates on macOS
- manually switch processor speed on AMD Zen
- view CPU power and frequency with AMD Power Gadget

## When to choose
- running macOS on AMD Ryzen hardware (Hackintosh) and needing CPU power management
- wanting AMD CPU temperature, energy, and frequency readings in macOS apps
- needing PState control for AMD Zen processors on macOS

## When to avoid
- running macOS on Intel processors
- using Linux or Windows instead of macOS
- needing a fully polished, guaranteed-stable solution without EFI backups

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, sdk, plugin-system
- domain: hardware, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: hackintosh, amd-ryzen, virtualsmc, kernel-extension, power-management, cpu-temperature, opencore, pstate, macos

## Member repositories
- trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.539376+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:38:55.555864+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.539376+00:00, sha 26c5a24cd050)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.